Track Listing
CD 1 (77:50) | ||
GEMMA BELLINCIONI | ||
| COMPLETE RECORDINGS | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, 1903 | ||
| 1. | FEDORA: O grandi occhi lucenti di fede (Giordano) | 2:46 |
| (Con570R) G&T 053014 | ||
| 2. | MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito) | 3:39 |
| (Con572R) G&T 053017 | ||
| 3. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) | 3:18 |
| (Con574R) G&T 053018 | ||
| 4. | LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi) | 3:05 |
| (Con577R) G&T 053019 (transposed a semitone down to E) | ||
Pathé | ||
Paris, 1905 | ||
| 5. | MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito) | 3:13 |
| (4391) 4391 | ||
| 6. | MIGNON: Non conosci il bel suol (Connais-tu le pays) (Thomas) | 2:52 |
| (4394) 4394 | ||
| 7. | CARMEN: É l’amor uno strano augello (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle) [Habanera] (Bizet) | 2:43 |
| (4392) 4392 | ||
| 8. | CARMEN: Invan per evitar (En vain pour éviter) [Card song] (Bizet) | 2:39 |
| (4395) 4395 | ||
| 9. | LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi) | 3:08 |
| (4396) 4396 (transposed a semitone down to E) | ||
| 10. | OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi) | 2:52 |
| (4397) 4397 | ||
| 11. | LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini) | 2:42 |
| (4398) 4398 | ||
| 12. | FAUST: C’ era un re di Thule (Il était un roi de Thulé) (Gounod) | 3:00 |
| (4399) 4399 | ||
| 13. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 2:38 |
| (4390) 4390 | ||
| 14. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) | 2:38 |
| (4393) 4393 | ||
ANGELICA PANDOLFINI | ||
| COMPLETE RECORDINGS | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, 1903 | ||
| 15. | ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Io son l’umile ancella (Cilea) | 2:51 |
| (Con371) 53340 | ||
| 16. | MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito) | 3:56 |
| (Con735) 053044 | ||
| 17. | LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart) | 3:18 |
| (Con718) 053037 | ||
| 18. | Chanson de florian (Godard) | 2:31 |
| (Con364) 53333 | ||
| 19. | All’ombra di quel faggio (Taubert) | 2:58 |
| (Con719) 053038 | ||
AMELIA PINTO | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, 11 April 1902 | ||
| Complete session | ||
| 20. | GERMANIA: All’ardente desio (Franchetti) | 3:29 |
| (1775b) 53239 | ||
| 21. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) | 2:58 |
| (1776b) 53233 | ||
| 22. | ERO E LEANDRO: Romanza di Ero (Bottesini) | 2:55 |
| (1777b) 53238 | ||
| 23. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 3:05 |
| (1780b) 53234 | ||
| 24. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 2:56 |
| (1782b) 53232 | ||
| 25. | LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli) | 3:15 |
| (1781b) 53240 | ||
Fonotipia | ||
Milan, 1908-1914 | ||
| Selected recordings | ||
| 26. | MARCELLA: Son tre mesi (Giordano) | 2:25 |
| 3 November 1908; (XPh 3531) unpublished on 78 rpm | ||
CD 2 (79:37) | ||
AMELIA PINTO | ||
Fonotipia (continued) | ||
| 1. | SIBERIA: Non odi là il martir (Giordano) | 2:48 |
| 3 November 1908; (XPh 3570) 92401 | ||
| 2. | A la barcillunìsa (Modo di Barcellona, Provincia di Messina) (Sicilian song, arranged by Favara) | 2:50 |
| 1 May 1914; (XPh 5073) 69191 | ||
| 3. | ’Razioni di San Stansillàu (Leggenda di San Stanislao, Palermo) (Sicilian song, arranged by Favara) | 3:06 |
| 1 May 1914; (XPh 5074) 69192 | ||
CESIRA FERRANI | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, December 1902 | ||
| Selected recordings | ||
| 4. | MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini) | 2:05 |
| (2916b) 53283 | ||
| 5. | MANON LESCAUT: L’ora o Tirsi (Puccini) | 1:32 |
| (5510a) 53147 | ||
| 6. | LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini) | 2:40 |
| (2914b) 53281 | ||
| 7. | LA BOHÈME: Addio senza rancor (Puccini) | 2:31 |
| (2915b) 53282 | ||
| 8. | MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito) | 2:14 |
| (2927b) 53285 | ||
| 9. | FAUST: Tardi si fa (Il se fait tard) (Gounod) | 2:41 |
| Giovanni Apostolu, tenor (2931b) 54035 | ||
EMMA CARELLI | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, 1903 | ||
| Selected recordings | ||
| 10. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) | 3:30 |
| (Con648) 053028 | ||
| 11. | IRIS: Un dì era piccina (Mascagni) | 3:20 |
| (Con653) 053033 | ||
| 12. | LORENZA: Vana bellezza mia (Mascheroni) | 3:37 |
| (Con647) 053026 | ||
| 13. | LORENZA: Io son bella, tutta bianca (Mascheroni) | 4:02 |
| Mario Sammarco, baritone (Con644) 054026 | ||
| 14. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 3:02 |
| (Con272R) 53341 | ||
| 15. | TOSCA: Quanto? Il prezzo? (Puccini) | 4:04 |
| Mario Sammarco, baritone (Con703c) 054028 | ||
| 16. | FEDORA: Tutto tramonta [Morte di Fedora] (Giordano) | 3:40 |
| Elvino Ventura, tenor (Con651) 054034 | ||
| 17. | ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma morta (Giordano) | 4:06 |
| (Con654) 053034 | ||
| 18. | MANON: Ebben, lo degg’io! ... Addio, o nostro picciol desco [Allons, Il le faut! … Adieu, notre petite tabl (Massenet) | 4:15 |
| (Con652) 053032 | ||
SIBERIA (Umberto Giordano) | ||
| Original cast recordings | ||
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | ||
Milan, 1904 | ||
| 19. | O bella mia [Mattinata] | 2:27 |
| Giuseppe De Luca, Gaetano Pini-Corsi, Oreste Gennari, and Vittorio Pozzi-Camola (Con74) 054039 | ||
| 20. | No, se un pensier tortura … Nel suo amore rianimata | 3:20 |
| Rosina Storchio (Con388) 53331 | ||
| 21. | Quest’orgoglio | 2:53 |
| Storchio and De Luca (Con394) 54048 | ||
| 22. | T’incontrai per via! | 1:36 |
| Giovanni Zenatello (Con396) 52775 | ||
| 23. | Cani ed avari | 2:10 |
| Antonio Pini-Corsi (Con392) 52774 | ||
| 24. | Orride steppe! | 3:02 |
| Zenatello (Con389) 52764 | ||
| 25. | E’ qui con te il mio destin | 3:01 |
| Storchio and Zenatello (Con750) 054027 | ||
| 26. | Non odi là il martir | 2:41 |
| Storchio (Con390) 53332 | ||
| 27. | La conobbi quand’era fanciulla | 2:24 |
| De Luca (Con391) 52773 | ||
CD 1 and CD 2: | ||
Producer: Michael Aspinall and Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris
Booklet notes: Michael Aspinall
Photographs: Girvice Archer, Roger Gross, and Charles Mintzer
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University Library:
CD 1: Tracks 4-8, 11-12, 16-19, 20, and 23-24
CD 2: Tracks 2-10 and 15-23
Various selections are re-recorded from copies in the collections of Marco Contini, the Estate of Sir Paul Getty, Harry Glaze, Lawrence F. Holdridge, and John Wolfson.
Marston would like to thank David Contini and Ramona Fasio, for their help in the production of this CD release.
The Creators of Verismo vol. 1
Bellincioni, Pandolfini, and the Siberia creator-recordings
This two-CD set contains many of the first Verismo performances on record.
Verismo opera is easier to identify than define. When one thinks of verismo, a number of composers come to mind: Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Franchetti, and Giordano. During the first decade of the verismo era, several sopranos made their reputations in connection with this new kind of opera. Among them were Angelica Pandolfini, Gemma Bellincioni, Amelia Pinto, Rosina Storchio, and Emma Carelli, all of whom made recordings at the beginning of the 20th century. For the first time on CD, we will present the five incredibly rare G&T sides of Pandolfini, her complete recorded output, and the complete recordings of Gemma Bellincioni on four G&T sides, and ten Pathé sides. Also included in this set are the nine G&T sides from Giordano’s Siberia sung by the original cast. To round out this fascinating album with notes by Michael Aspinall, we will present selected recordings by other important La Scala sopranos of the period – Amelia Pinto, Emma Carelli, and Cesira Ferrani. These have all been transferred directly from original discs belonging to the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings at Yale University Library, and from several important private collections.
